Educational Activity

Wings Over Surfside

Please join us April 9, 2022 from noon to 4:00pm for Wings Over Surfside,  our 3rd annual birding event in honor of World Migratory Bird Day!

Bird City Surfside will be your host and we will have educational and craft vendors, wine tasting, speakers, games and giveaways and so much more! 

Tiffany Kersten, our keynote speaker is a Wisconsin native, turned Texan by way of New Jersey, Massachusetts, and Hawaii. She holds a B.S. in Wildlife Ecology from Northland College, and has spent over a decade as an environmental educator.

Bald Eagle Appreciation Day

Bald Eagle Appreciation Day is a birding event celebrating the Bald Eagle.  Event will be an educational event with a variety of vendors and presenters including live bird shows.  

Migratory Bird Day at Hagerman National Wildlife Refuge

The International Dark-Sky Association recognizes Hagerman NWR as a dark sky community; we will be hosting a  2 part full-day event on May 14th. The event will be hosted by three teams collaborating, including staff from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Texas Bluestem Master Naturalists, and The Friends of Hagerman.

Part 1: Meet at the refuge in the multipurpose event room at 10 am CST for hands-on educational activities and programming covering migratory birds and their relationship with the night sky.

Conociendo a las aves de mi comunidad

Se realizaran actividades dirigidas a público en general a una colonia de la ciudad de Chilpancingo, con el objetivo de generar conciencia sobre la importancia de las aves en nuestras comunidades, su conservación y amenazas. Con enfásis en las aves migratorias que visitan nuestra comunidad, visibilizando las problemáticas a las que se enfrenta en su viaje durante su migración.

Actividades:

1. Proyección de cine-documental

2. Exposición fotográfica

3. Recorrido de observación de aves en la comunidad

 

Papay Beach (litter) Clean & bird counts

A small group of mainly young folk carried out a 'bag the bruck' (collecting litter) event from beaches and shorelines of Papa Westray, whilst a bird count of the island also take place the following weekend. Over 20 bags of beach litter were collected for disposal, including discarded fishing gear, plastic of various forms and even a helmet! While out collecting rubbish, a beautiful flock of Whooper Swans flew in from the sea, just arriving from Iceland, and landed on the island's main loch.

Soaring over the Himalayas with a tag - updates from Sri Lanka's migratory bird satellite tagging program by FOGSL

Sri Lanka’s satellite-tagging project which is a collaboration between the Field Ornithology Group of Sri Lanka (BirdLife affiliate of the country) with Chinese Academy of Sciences and Wetland International started to unravel mysteries of migration, with one of its birds reaching the roof of the world. Join this event to get more updates while celebrating the World Migratory Bird Day 2021. Agenda is as follows 

Is bird migration an annual cycle? An education and conservation campaign around the W-Arly-Pendjari complex.

World Migratory Bird Day (WMBD) will be celebrated in Benin by SOS Savane, a conservation NGO. We will be hosting virtual and physical events to commemorate WYDL.

For the first phase of May 08, on our social networks we had to raise awareness and bring our public to act for migratory birds. To mark the second phase of October 09, here are some ideas to inspire World Migration Day this year with communities and schools around the Pendjari complex which is home to the Pendjari River, Ramsar site 1669.

Charlas online a favor de las aves

Durante el mes de OCTUBRE 2021, desde SIRUKI EDUCACIÓN AMBIENTAL, A.C. te invitamos a disfrutar estas CUATRO charlas online para difundir algunos de los beneficios que nos brindan las aves (esparcimiento, imaginación, inspiración para el arte y educación), las sesiones se darán en distintas plataformas como alianza con otras organizaciones como EFTA. ¡Te invitamos a ser parte! Aptas para todo público interesado en las aves. :) 

Play and Tell—Why Games and Stories Matter for Wildlife Conservation

It’s migratory bird season. A time to renew our pledge to protect our feathered friends. And we need an imagination as wild as the journeys they take.

In this webinar, our speakers from various backgrounds will share how they have used games, birding, art programmes and other creative mediums to champion migratory bird conservation.

World Migratory Bird Day Celebration

We are hosting a bird camp and education activity for school kids in Grenada.

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